sniveling

sniveling
    n 1: whining in a tearful manner [syn: {snivel}, {sniveling}]
    

Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,
   snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.
   {Snuffle}.]
   1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
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   2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly
      or whiningly.
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            Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "sniveling":
      Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, affected, backscratching, bawling,
      beggarly, blubbering, bootlicking, canting, cowering, crawling,
      cringing, crouching, cry, crying, dissolved in tears, false,
      fawning, fit of crying, flattering, flood of tears, footlicking,
      good cry, goody, goody-goody, greet, groveling, hangdog,
      holier-than-thou, hypocritical, in tears, ingratiating, insincere,
      lachryma, lachrymal, lachrymose, lachrymosity, lacrimatory,
      mealymouthed, melting mood, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee,
      overflowing eyes, parasitic, pharisaic, pietistic, pious,
      prostrate, ready to cry, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous,
      sobbing, sponging, sycophantic, tear, tear bottle, teardrop,
      tearful, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, teary, timeserving,
      toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling, unctuous, weepiness,
      weeping, weepy, whimpering, with eyes suffused